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I want to compile a list of geniuses who died broke. It doesn't matter if they were always poor, or only ended up that way in the end. The main candidates will be inventors, prominent scientists, mathematicians, writers, philosophers, and visual artists. Actors and sports celebrities are not eligible. Musicians should be limited to those who have been dead for awhile, so that there is evidence their music has survived the test of time. I will edit this post as new entries are available. If you want to add someone to the list please provide a wiki link, or another fairly credible source that explains who they were, and their destitution.
Nikola Tesla
Vincent Van Gogh
Oscar Wilde
Herman Melville
HP Lovecraft
Edgar Allen Poe
Socrates
Johannes Gutenberg
William Blake
Franz Schubert
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Paul Gaugin
Erik Satie
Napoleon Bonaparte
Henry Joseph Darger
Alan Turing, castration, prison, or death.
Nikola Tesla
Vincent Van Gogh
Oscar Wilde
Herman Melville
HP Lovecraft
Edgar Allen Poe
Socrates
Johannes Gutenberg
William Blake
Franz Schubert
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Paul Gaugin
Erik Satie
Napoleon Bonaparte
Henry Joseph Darger
Alan Turing, castration, prison, or death.
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